Episode Description:
Why do books have blank spaces around the pages? Why do songs have rests among the notes? Why did Grandma say, “save for a rainy day?” Because MARGIN is important! If a page or song is overloaded without blank space or rests, it is chaotic. We all need breaks, blank space, margins in life. Having a margin is not being selfish or lazy. It’s about being wise and having healthy boundaries. This episode explains why we need physical, financial, time, and emotional margin, and some ways to build those into our daily schedules.
Word of the Day: margin– the blank space or edge around a page or other area
Question of the Day: Is anything causing you to feel overloaded in your life? What step/s can you take today to start reducing that overload and start getting more margin?
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1. What are the four areas of our life in which we can create margin?
2. What does it mean to run ourselves ragged?
A. become exhausted
B. wear old clothes
C. become overwhelmed
D. get annoyed
3. Which Founding Father said, “Early to bed, early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise”?
4. Whose shoes would we be following in if we took a nap every day?
5. What are three ways to create physical margin for ourselves?
6. How can you incorporate physical exercise into your daily routine?
7. Why is it conceited to live paycheck to paycheck?
8. T/F The best way to create time margin is to make sure every hour of your day is allocated to being productive.
9. Which is an example of creating emotional margin?
A. taking a vacation where technology is inaccessible
B. taking a day off work to spend time with your family
C. having a regular date night with your spouse
D. All of the above
10. Build margin ________________-. Frequently and liberally use the word _____.
Answer Key:
1. Physical, Financial, Time, Emotional
2. A. become exhausted
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. Winston Churchill
5. Sleep adequately, exercise often, eat healthfully
6. Park your car far away from the building and take the stairs instead of an elevator or escalator.
7. It assumes the next paycheck is coming. It may not be, for unexpected reasons, and so it is good to save money and plan long-term.
8. False, allow for empty spaces in your agenda.
9. D. All of the above
10. deliberately; no
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